Subj : Time limits
To   : Ali Mans
From : Vincent Coen
Date : Tue May 05 2020 10:05 pm

Hello Ali!

Tuesday May 05 2020 13:32, you wrote to All:

 > Hi, I'm quite new in bbses, but I don't understand one thing: Why time
 > limits still exists? I mean, I understand why it was back then, but
 > today even raspberry pi can hold a lot of connections for a long time

IT is not for the one remotely logged in user but to allow for other to also 
log in where the
system cannot copy with much more than one at a time.

For example my system has a limit of 5 users at any one time but that also 
allows for a similar
number that can be polling the mailer and a few via the web interface.


Here the limit is my upload speed which is only 17 - 20 Mb.

Now I know this is higher than many systems have but it still requires some 
limits as I have other
systems that do still require a connection to my systems outside the BBS.

And yes my BBS limits is around 1440 minutes which should be more than enough 
for any one but at
least if some one has fallen asleep at the terminal my system will log them 
out.

My mainframe login ins is one hour with a no activity of 30 minutes again to 
help control
resources as some will login use the system for a few minutes then go to lunch 
for a hour or more.

OR on old money if a boss was walking through an empty office and see's 
terminals/ screens
connected they will asssume the employee is around and even more so if there 
jacket is over the
chair.
This limit kind of put the kibosh on such behaviour.

Vincent

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